THE 95th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty passed quietly this week. The Treaty partitioned Ireland, created the border and significantly influenced the nature and content of Irish politics to the present day.

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It is not just Stormont that has a Social Investment Fund. Belfast City Council runs the Belfast Investment Fund and associated Local Investment Fund, with a combined pot of £31 million over three years for ‘community projects’.

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Women talking about cars Radio 4 If you're going to have a series about women and their cars, you just have to begin with Tracy Chapman singing about “driving, driving in my car, your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder.

:: When pruning large branches of trees and shrubs with a saw, make a cut on the underside first, to prevent bark tearing back as the branch comes away :: Protect the tops of celery with cloches or cover them with straw :: If a new flush of growth starts to appear on Christmas cherries – Solanum capsicastrum – and threatens to hide the colourful fruits, pinch it out :: Remove any debris which may have lodged between newly-planted spring bedding and remove weeds :: Order lettuce seed, so you can make early sowings in frames during January :: Protect early peas and beans sown in autumn from the protection of a little soil drawn up around them to make a windbreak :: Erect a screen to protect newly planted evergreens from wind scorch :: Prune deciduous shrubs and trees if any fairly large-scale work is necessary :: Reduce the length of the stems on any tall rose bushes to decrease the risk of them being moved in the ground by the wind :: Prune out the areas of apple trees infected with apple canker.

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THE fact that the semi-reunited original line-up of Guns N' Roses were planning an Irish date has been one of the worst kept 'secrets' in rock for the past few weeks – however, few fans predicted that it would turn out to be a return visit to Slane Castle, a quarter of a century after the troubled LA band played what proved to be their last Irish gig for nearly 15 years at the height of the Use Your Illusion-era craziness.

STARRING Adrian Dunbar and Michael Shea, this 20-minute short film is based on the real-life struggle of Belfast actor/director James Ellis and writer Sam Thompson to stage their 1959 play Over The Bridge – one of the first local productions to tackle the religious divide in the north.

One of the reasons why a new multi-million pound development consisting of almost 60 luxurious apartments on Belfast’s Dublin Road is named The Gallery is because world-renowned artists and famous poets had lived and worked in the area.